VHF’s Evening Lectures offer illustrated talks that look at the history of Vancouver, covering the events, movements and people that shaped our city. The talks are co-hosted by Vancouver Heritage Foundation and the Hycroft Heritage Preservation Foundation.
Spring 2019 Lectures
Details
Select Tuesdays, 7:30pm to 9pm
University Women’s Club at Hycroft, 1489 McRae Ave.
$16/$10 (with a valid student ID)
February 26: Vancouver’s Hidden Heritage Building: The Resurrection of the Heather Pavilion
*Please note that this lecture will be at a new location, the Vancouver Lawn Tennis & Badminton Club, 1630 W 15th Ave
One of Vancouver’s most significant heritage buildings is covered over by later additions and hidden from view. Since 1994, the Heather Pavilion has been a designated heritage site, but it has not been restored to its former glory. Join Heritage Consultant Donald Luxton for an illustrated talk about the history of the establishment of the Vancouver General Hospital, the construction of the original Heather Pavilion in 1906, and the potential to restore this important part of Vancouver’s history.
This lecture earns 1.5 Non-core LUs from AIBC.
April 9: Japanese Hall 1928-2018: The Extraordinary Story of Community Resilience, Survival and Transformation
2018 marked the 90th anniversary of the Vancouver Japanese Language School & Japanese Hall (VJLS & JH) at 487 Alexander Street. Laura Saimoto, VJLS & JH board member, will tell the story of the Japanese Canadian Internment during WWII, of forced dispossession and community resilience through the lens of the 112 year-old organization and their building.
Before 1942, the VJLS & JH was the educational, social and community hub in the Powell Street area. It was one of the only properties that was returned to any Japanese Canadian individual or organization after World War II. Laura was the Project Chair of the Heritage Renovation Childcare Project in 2012 which rehabilitated and transformed the 1928 heritage building into a licensed childcare centre, now Children’s World (Kodomo no Kuni). Learn how the immigrant community built their lives in Canada, how the community was shattered by the Internment, and yet how the VJLS-JH was able to rebuild, adapt and evolve. Laura will also briefly share highlights of the Highway Legacy Sign Project – a community driven partnership with the Ministry of Transportation – which created and installed eight Interpretative Highway Legacy Signs at the physical locations of the Internment and Roadcamp sites in the interior of British Columbia.
This lecture earns 1.5 Non-core LUs from AIBC.